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Richard S.E. Keefe is a Professor Emeritus in the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences at Duke University. He has an extensive background in the study of schizophrenia, psychosis, cognition, and pharmacologic treatment for cognitive impairment. His research also extends into sport psychology and functional imaging techniques such as PET and fMRI, with a specific focus on the frontal cortex and motor functions. Keefe's contributions to the field include numerous NIH-funded studies, particularly those exploring auditory perception and its relation to emotion recognition in young people at risk for psychosis, as well as the effects of Kappa Opioid Receptor-targeted treatments for mood and anxiety spectrum disorders. His work has earned him recognition as a highly cited researcher, making significant impacts in the fields of psychology and neuroscience.
Department of Biomedical Engineering (MS program)